JUST IN: Killeen police search for driver in hit-and-run crash

Killeen police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that left the scene after striking a 5-year-old boy Sunday.

Around noon on Sunday, authorities responded to a crash in the 800 block of Jeffries Avenue in Killeen, police said. The boy was taken to McLane’s Children’s Hospital in Temple with injuries that appeared to be serious, authorities said.

Witnesses reported the car that hit the boy was a late-model silver Dodge Charger with black diagonal stripes on the side that was headed southbound on Jeffries Avenue, authorities said. The vehicle stopped a couple houses down the street with a red Ford Mustang that appeared to be traveling with it, police said. Both left the scene heading southbound on Jeffries Avenue, authorities said.

The Killeen Police Department Traffic Unit is still investigating the crash. Officials are asking anyone with information to contact Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477. Any information leading to an arrest could mean a reward up to $1,000, police said.